Catamenial napkin.



E. SPRAGUE. GATAMENIAL NAPKIN. APPLICATION FILED AG. 17, 1911l Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

STATES PATENT ormoni.

ELIZABETH SPBAGUE, OFMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

cui-Ammin. Ainumana..

. Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented rapine, 1912.

Application 1aed August 17, 1911. serial nu. a4-1,634; l

To all whom 'it may concern Be itv known that I, ELIZABETH ,SPRAGUL of Minneapolis, Hennepin` county, Minnesota, have lnvented certain new and usefull Improvements in Catamenial Napkins, of

which the following is aspecication.

The object of thein-vention is to provideuse, Fig. 3 is a vplan view of the napkin showing -a portion of the ,center eoverlng and intermediate layer broken away.

In the drawings, 2 represents an inner sheet of rubberized silk orv similanmaterial.

` -Uponeach side ofthis is alayer of sterilized cotton 3,- the two' layers v.of cotton being.'

quilted together. with the rubber fabric' be tween as shown in Fig. 3. An outer covering 4' is provided formed of a suitable fabric, such as cheese cloth. The body of the napkin t-hus constructed is made broad and iiat with a narrow extension 5 projectin 'from its forward end and having a loo' 6 ormed at its end.. Another extension projects from the rear-end of the main part of fthe napkin and is preferably of somewhat greater length than the extension 5. An

elastic .tape 8 extends through the extension" vif andprojeets beyond the end thereof and is provided with a loop 9. The inner end ,of t-he ltape 8 is secured at 10 to the 'main part of the napkin. An inelastic tapell is passed through lthe loops 6 and 9 and may have' its-ends tied together ati either side of f the body of the wearer. As .the tape slides freely through bot-hof the loops 5 and 6 its ends may be tied together at either side or at the back or front of the wearer 'as may be preferred. v

I claim as my invention:

TheV catamenial napkin herein described, consisting of a central imper'vious fabric a vlayer of absorbent material on each'slde thereof, said absorbent material extending beyond the edges of said impervious fabric. and connected thereto by quilting togetherf the layers of absorbent material and imperviousy fabric, an outer fabric covering se:

cured onlyfto the absorbent ymaterial and surroundingthe same, said outer fabric bef ing provided vwith a narrow forward extension and a narrow rearward extension and means connected to said extensions for. sup-i porting th napkin.

In witness whereof, I- have hereunto setmy hand this llt-h day of August 1911'.

ELIZABETH SPRAGE.A Witnesses: I e

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